Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Cumberland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 24001002300 · Allegany County, MD · pop 5,662 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Cumberland
Cumberland anchors census tract 24001002300, which lands at 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $850 a month against an average household income of $64,195 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,493
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$64,195
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cumberland and the region
Centroid at 39.6850, -78.7423 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cumberland scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cumberland
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cumberland
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cumberland
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cumberland
7.8
How Cumberland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 37.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cumberland
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cumberland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Allegany County average of 6.3 and in line with the Maryland statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 24001002300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001002300?
Census tract 24001002300 in Cumberland scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 24001002300?
Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24001002300?
18.6% of residents in tract 24001002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,662.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24001002300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 68th, minority 12th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 24001002300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24001002300 compare to Cumberland overall?
Tract 24001002300 scores 5.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Cumberland at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cumberland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cumberland
Top eight tracts in Cumberland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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